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. >> let's go to the pentagon now and talk to chris lawrence because, chris, there are all these new reports, they come in as far as what the cia might have known. what are you hearing? >> well, we're hearing some new reports from the ap, brooke, but stuff that cnn has already reported weeks ago. basically that in were indications shortly after this attack that it may not have been spontaneous, that it may have been planned. in fact, a u.s. official is basically saying no one right now is ruling out the idea that some of the attackers may have aspired to attack the consulate, but right now that official is also saying and also telling us there isn't any indication, any intelligence that suggests this attack was preplanned for days or much less weeks before hand. all this comes back to what the obama administration was saying in the days and weeks following the attack, specifically what u.n. ambassador susan rice said on the sunday talk shows when she called this attack spontaneous. apparently she was speaking from sort of a talking points memo that was generated, supposedly just for
. >> let's go to the pentagon now and talk to chris lawrence because, chris, there are all these new reports, they come in as far as what the cia might have known. what are you hearing? >> well, we're hearing some new reports from the ap, brooke, but stuff that cnn has already reported weeks ago. basically that in were indications shortly after this attack that it may not have been spontaneous, that it may have been planned. in fact, a u.s. official is basically saying no one right...
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chris lawrence has been following the story. he's at the pentagon this morning. chris, take us through these hearings. what will happen? >> this is all basically, carol, setting up what will be allowed when these men eventually do go to trial. one of the things to concentrate on today and as this goes on is what the defendants and their lawyers will be allowed to talk about and say. specifically in regards to torture. the lawyers, the defense lawyers want to be able to talk about their clients and have their clients talk about publicly some of the things they were subjected to while they were being held. the government does not want that information released publicly because they say it compromises some cia interrogation practices and would jeopardyize national security. expect that to be a very big focus. even the aclu is going to weigh in on this today. again, remember, all of this originally was scheduled for years ago. but president obama stopped that trial short when he was trying to move all of this to a federal court in new york as part of his plan to clos
chris lawrence has been following the story. he's at the pentagon this morning. chris, take us through these hearings. what will happen? >> this is all basically, carol, setting up what will be allowed when these men eventually do go to trial. one of the things to concentrate on today and as this goes on is what the defendants and their lawyers will be allowed to talk about and say. specifically in regards to torture. the lawyers, the defense lawyers want to be able to talk about their...
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. >> chris lawrence is at the pentagon. good morning, chris. >> that's basically what they're saying publicly is this doesn't have anything to do with iran. the fact that we are working together and we are doing this exercise is a message in and of itself. in other words, there is obviously the context of iran. this exercise was supposed to go on earlier this spring, it was postponed by israel and here it is, you know, literally just a couple weeks before the u.s. presidential election in which governor mitt romney has accused president obama of sort of fracturing the relationship with israeli. well, here you have now just two weeks out the largest exercise of its kind, three weeks, going to cost the u.s. about $30 million, spread out over different sites in israel, europe and the mediterranean. >> i know that many, many viewers probably don't know the united states does this with other countries. how many people are we talking about? >> so far, carol, already about a thousand troops have arrived in israel to start for when
. >> chris lawrence is at the pentagon. good morning, chris. >> that's basically what they're saying publicly is this doesn't have anything to do with iran. the fact that we are working together and we are doing this exercise is a message in and of itself. in other words, there is obviously the context of iran. this exercise was supposed to go on earlier this spring, it was postponed by israel and here it is, you know, literally just a couple weeks before the u.s. presidential...
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chris lawrence for us at the pentagon. chris, thank you. >>> now look at this. think you could stand on a platform, a cool 24 miles up, and do this? yeah, not so much on my part. but felix baumgartner did exactly that. amazingly, successfully he fell more than 800 miles per hour. so what is his next adventure? we'll find out next. to tell ret our new 15 under $15 menu. oh my goodness! oh my gosh, this looks amazing! that's a good deal! [ man ] wow! it is so good! [ male announcer ] our new maine stays! 15 entrees under $15, seafood, chicken and more! oo! the tilapia with roasted vegetables! i'm actually looking at the wood grilled chicken with portobello wine sauce. you so fascinated by the prices, you keep rambling on! i know! -that pork chop was great! -no more fast food friday's! so we gotta go! we're going to go to red lobster. yep. [ male announcer ] try our 15 under $15 menu and sea food differently! ♪ [ male announcer ] the first look...is only the beginning. ♪ ♪ introducing a stunning work of technology. ♪ introducing the entirely new lexus es. a
chris lawrence for us at the pentagon. chris, thank you. >>> now look at this. think you could stand on a platform, a cool 24 miles up, and do this? yeah, not so much on my part. but felix baumgartner did exactly that. amazingly, successfully he fell more than 800 miles per hour. so what is his next adventure? we'll find out next. to tell ret our new 15 under $15 menu. oh my goodness! oh my gosh, this looks amazing! that's a good deal! [ man ] wow! it is so good! [ male announcer ] our...
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not just in libya. >> chris lawrence, thank you, chris. >>> top the of the hour. thank you for being with me. i'm brooke baldwin. as president obama is ready to cast a rote in chicago, mitt romney is expected to speak live in a minute. both men hitting swing states at a fever pitch. and picking up some key endorsements along the way. we have to talk about a hurricane here. hurricane katrina sandy. take a look at the pictures. thanks to you our ireporters. this is -- wait for it. dominican republic taken earlier today. more than 100 people had to be evacuated. just look at the water level there. tops the tires. sandy blamed on two deaths, one in jamaica and one in haiti. and then there's cuba. sandy slammed in to southeastern cuba today. a category 2 hurricane. the question now is when and where will sandy hit the u.s. coast? ask chad myers. when will it head toward us? >> i wish i could tell you. we're still four days out from that. >> wow. okay. >> four days if we're talking washington, d.c., delmarva. obviously, takes longer to get to nova scotia. it turns to th
not just in libya. >> chris lawrence, thank you, chris. >>> top the of the hour. thank you for being with me. i'm brooke baldwin. as president obama is ready to cast a rote in chicago, mitt romney is expected to speak live in a minute. both men hitting swing states at a fever pitch. and picking up some key endorsements along the way. we have to talk about a hurricane here. hurricane katrina sandy. take a look at the pictures. thanks to you our ireporters. this is -- wait for it....
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chris lawrence at the pentagon. thanks very much. let's dig deeper into this. david sanger is here. he's the author of the book "confront and conceal." an excellent book indeed. >> thanks for having me. >> what do you make of the timing, a thousand u.s. troops in israel for these exercises. >> well, this was supposed to happen back in the spring. it did get put off but the timing is a happy consequence dense for both president obama and for prime minute ter netanyahu. romney is likely to repeat his line that the president is willing to have die light between himself and israel. >> he has also said he threw israel under the bus. >> he has said that. i think these exercises underscore the point. while there is great distance between obama and netanyahu, the u.s. and israel on the security issues have worked together quite closely, as you have heard. not only this, but also the missile defense systems that have been put up. and of course olympic games. the cyber program against iran, which was a joint u.s.-israeli program. you have the oddity of two leaders who have been going each oth
chris lawrence at the pentagon. thanks very much. let's dig deeper into this. david sanger is here. he's the author of the book "confront and conceal." an excellent book indeed. >> thanks for having me. >> what do you make of the timing, a thousand u.s. troops in israel for these exercises. >> well, this was supposed to happen back in the spring. it did get put off but the timing is a happy consequence dense for both president obama and for prime minute ter...
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i want to bring in chris lawrence also standing by and watching what we're about to hear very carefully. obviously afghanistan is a massive issue. the president's policy is to withdraw soldiers by 2014. mitt romney has made comments about how he would view the withdrawal of soldiers and it is somewhat more nuanced, suggesting that he would work more with the generals and the boots on the ground now to assess the situation before making a final decision but we just had a report in the "new york times" within the last week that looked really dire about the situation there, almost as though it is just a failure. it is done. we can't get peace with the taliban and may end up having to lead just like the soviets did in '89. that cannot bode well for the folks that work in your building and listen to what we're hearing from mitt romney today. >> you're talking about the negotiations with the taliban seeming to collapse at least in the short-term, ashley. that depends, the reaction depends on who you talked to in the pentagon and some people were never all that bullish on the talks to begin wi
i want to bring in chris lawrence also standing by and watching what we're about to hear very carefully. obviously afghanistan is a massive issue. the president's policy is to withdraw soldiers by 2014. mitt romney has made comments about how he would view the withdrawal of soldiers and it is somewhat more nuanced, suggesting that he would work more with the generals and the boots on the ground now to assess the situation before making a final decision but we just had a report in the "new...
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let's go straight to our pentagon correspondent chris lawrence. chris, what are you learning? >> that while the u.s. has been carefully vetting some of the syrian rebel groups to find these moderates, these so-called moderates are already busy finding partners of their own in the jihadists. an official who has knowledge of the intelligence says that the moderate rebel groups are so desperate for weapons that they're partnering up with the jihadists who are better armed and well-funded. moderate syrian rebels are not getting the weapons they want from the united states. so they're turning more and more to extremists and al qaeda-like groups for help. that's the newest assessment from the chair of the house intelligence committee who told cnn "even rebels we've identified as somebody we could work with have partnered with jihadists because they have their own sources of money and weapons." but the obama administration has stuck to its policy of only arming the rebels with radios and computers. its u.s. allies are giving the real fire power. u.s. officials say they have a good id
let's go straight to our pentagon correspondent chris lawrence. chris, what are you learning? >> that while the u.s. has been carefully vetting some of the syrian rebel groups to find these moderates, these so-called moderates are already busy finding partners of their own in the jihadists. an official who has knowledge of the intelligence says that the moderate rebel groups are so desperate for weapons that they're partnering up with the jihadists who are better armed and well-funded....
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let's bring in chris lawrence, what are you learning? >> we're learning from a u.s. intelligence official that yes, there may have been memos or other documents that indicated that it was possible that this was conducted by militants, but that some of the argument reflects a fundamental misunderstanding of how the process works. what i mean by that is this intelligence official is saying it's rare that one stream of intelligence will influence and direct an entire report. they're pooling multiple streams together, and while this theme may have existed, there are other things they were looking at as well. they put out a talking points memo to congress and to administration officials to give them some basis from which to talk about this incident. now the chair of the senate intelligence committee, senator diane feinstein said putting out those talking points may have been a mistake at that time. we're told that at the time when susan rice came out and said this was a spontaneous attack, that the intelligence was shifting underneath her at that time, but not to the poin
let's bring in chris lawrence, what are you learning? >> we're learning from a u.s. intelligence official that yes, there may have been memos or other documents that indicated that it was possible that this was conducted by militants, but that some of the argument reflects a fundamental misunderstanding of how the process works. what i mean by that is this intelligence official is saying it's rare that one stream of intelligence will influence and direct an entire report. they're pooling...
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thanks very much, chris lawrence at the pentagon. let's hope they find this journalist and get him out of there quickly. >>> he's the man credited with helping mitt romney shine during past debates. up next, his debate coach from the republican primaries telling our own dana bash what the former governor has to do tomorrow night. and have investigators uncovered the remains of the notorious teamsters boss jimmy hoffa? the latest test results, they are now just in. plus presents the cold truth. i have a cold... i took dayquil, but i still have a runny nose. [ male announcer ] truth is, dayquil doesn't work on runny noses. what? [ male announcer ] it doesn't have an antihistamine. really? [ male announcer ] really. alka-seltzer plus cold and cough fights your worst cold symptoms, plus has a fast acting antihistamine to relieve your runny nose. [ sighs ] thank you! [ male announcer ] you're welcome. that's the cold truth! [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus. ♪ oh what a relief it is! ♪ [ male announcer ] try new alka-seltzer plus s
thanks very much, chris lawrence at the pentagon. let's hope they find this journalist and get him out of there quickly. >>> he's the man credited with helping mitt romney shine during past debates. up next, his debate coach from the republican primaries telling our own dana bash what the former governor has to do tomorrow night. and have investigators uncovered the remains of the notorious teamsters boss jimmy hoffa? the latest test results, they are now just in. plus presents the...
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chris lawrence at the pentagon has the latest. what's going on here? >> wolf, just recently a commander warned no matter which country attacked iran, it would retaliate against the u.s. and israel. these exercises are designed to prove that the u.s. and israel working together could repel an attack like that. but accompanied just a couple weeks before the united states presidential election they really carry a political message as well. military commanders won't even say the word iran when it comes to these exercises. they don't have to. the israeli general in charge of planning said the fact we're practicing together is a strong message by itself. iran will see how well u.s. ships and troops can work with israeli rocket shields as they defend israel from simulated attacks from rockets, missiles and drones. the pentagon and also test new technology it helped pay for, like israel's iron dome short range missile defense system. in all the exercise will involve 3,500 u.s. troops at a cost of $30 million. they'll be training over three weeks in parts of is
chris lawrence at the pentagon has the latest. what's going on here? >> wolf, just recently a commander warned no matter which country attacked iran, it would retaliate against the u.s. and israel. these exercises are designed to prove that the u.s. and israel working together could repel an attack like that. but accompanied just a couple weeks before the united states presidential election they really carry a political message as well. military commanders won't even say the word iran...
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. >> let's bring in chris lawrence on this. he offered more information on why the u.s. military did not step in. what are you hearing? >> secretary panetta said they did consider sending troops into the situation, but bottom line, they did not have enough information. in some of his most expansive comments yet on benghazi in the situation, they had ships off the coast of libya, but, ultimately, that this attack only lasted a few hours and by the time u.s. officials had figured out exactly what was happening, it was over. >> basic principle is that you don't supply horses into man's way without knowing what's going on. without having real-time information about what is taking place. as a result of not having that kind of information, the commander who was on the ground or in that area, general dempsey and i felt very strongly that we could not put forces at risk in that situation. >> i also spoke with the defense official who put this in somewhat context. he said he couldn't get into the specific response times of those response teams because it's qualified. but accounti
. >> let's bring in chris lawrence on this. he offered more information on why the u.s. military did not step in. what are you hearing? >> secretary panetta said they did consider sending troops into the situation, but bottom line, they did not have enough information. in some of his most expansive comments yet on benghazi in the situation, they had ships off the coast of libya, but, ultimately, that this attack only lasted a few hours and by the time u.s. officials had figured out...
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pentagon correspondent chris lawrence joins us. how credible really is this claim? we've heard claims from north korea before. is this something that the u.s. should really be concerned about? >> bottom line, no, not right now. although north korea is working on the technology. everyone i've spoken to the pentagon say they're not close to perfecting it. alaska is about 3500 miles away from north korea, california between 5,000 and 6,000 miles. they haven't come close to testing a rocket that's gone nearly that far. they've tested this type of technology about three times. in 2006, the rocket flew about 40 seconds and exploded. in 2009, they tried to put a sat white into orbit, but that broke up over the sea well short of what they had sbeintended. and then six months ago, they tested similar technology again. it flew but again broke up over the sea. so they've had three failures it took the united states about 24 launches to perfect this technology, a third of which failed. so it's not easy to do. and north korea, although they seam to be improving, they're not clos
pentagon correspondent chris lawrence joins us. how credible really is this claim? we've heard claims from north korea before. is this something that the u.s. should really be concerned about? >> bottom line, no, not right now. although north korea is working on the technology. everyone i've spoken to the pentagon say they're not close to perfecting it. alaska is about 3500 miles away from north korea, california between 5,000 and 6,000 miles. they haven't come close to testing a rocket...
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>> chris lawrence with that explanation. thanks for that report. the obama campaign certainly isn't wasting time hitting back. kate baldwin is monitoring, that other top stories. when's going on wolf, the president is on a fund raising swing through california. which is white house correspondent dan lothian traveling with the president and has more on this. dan, when's the latest? >> reporter: the campaign came out swinging pretty hard. the president not weighed in, reacting to romney's speech, but last night during a big fund-raiser in los angeles, the president flexing the foreign policy muscles talking about how he's winding down the war in afghanistan, gone after terrorists, how he got osama bin laden and evidence the campaign says of the president's strong leadership. as president obama honored civil rights icons chavez with a new national monument -- >> the movement he helped to lead was you stained by a generation of organizers who stood up and spoke out and urged others to do the same. >> reporter: his campaign worked to shred gop nominee m
>> chris lawrence with that explanation. thanks for that report. the obama campaign certainly isn't wasting time hitting back. kate baldwin is monitoring, that other top stories. when's going on wolf, the president is on a fund raising swing through california. which is white house correspondent dan lothian traveling with the president and has more on this. dan, when's the latest? >> reporter: the campaign came out swinging pretty hard. the president not weighed in, reacting to...
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lawrence pope arrived in tripoli yesterday. he'll take over diplomatic duties in the wake of the death of ambassador chris stevens. pope came out of retirement to tage this job. he's spent more than three decades in the diplomatic ranks. >> all right. this just in to "early start." the 2012 nobel peace prize was awarded to, drum role, the european uniion. announcement was made moments ago in norway. they were cited for advancement of democracy and reconciliation in europe for decades. the whole european union gets the award, probably the most prestigious and most well known of the world prizes so congratulations to them. >> all right. happening right now, the shuttle "endeavour" is on the move. "endeavour" embarking on its final mission, a 12-mile journey through the streets of los angeles. it will travel from los angeles international airport to its new home at the california science center. there will be plenty of time for photo ops. it's expected to take 46 hours to make that 12-mile trip. we're there with a live report for
lawrence pope arrived in tripoli yesterday. he'll take over diplomatic duties in the wake of the death of ambassador chris stevens. pope came out of retirement to tage this job. he's spent more than three decades in the diplomatic ranks. >> all right. this just in to "early start." the 2012 nobel peace prize was awarded to, drum role, the european uniion. announcement was made moments ago in norway. they were cited for advancement of democracy and reconciliation in europe for...
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he e should watch -- not just hardball but you and lawrence. he should learn something about this debate. there's a hot debate. you know where it's being held? here, this debate. we have our knives out. we go after the people and the facts. what was he doing tonight? >> mitt romney won the debate, no question about it. but are the pundits casting obama as a horbling, no good, very bad night and are they -- joining us here now in washington, julie mason, host of the press pool on serious xf radio. terrance smith and david rucker. terry smith let's say he lost the debate. the media have made it sound like the biggest fiasco in debating. is that a bit over the top? >> of course, it's over the top. it's not a disaster. it with as flat night, not a good night obviously for the president. but i have to say news organizations and particularly my good friend chris matthews go into a meltdown when they're confronted with a surprise. it was a surprise. remember going in evan it is pated that obama would be quite in charge and romney would be struggling.
he e should watch -- not just hardball but you and lawrence. he should learn something about this debate. there's a hot debate. you know where it's being held? here, this debate. we have our knives out. we go after the people and the facts. what was he doing tonight? >> mitt romney won the debate, no question about it. but are the pundits casting obama as a horbling, no good, very bad night and are they -- joining us here now in washington, julie mason, host of the press pool on serious...
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that man, lawrence pope, adrived in tripoli today. he'll take over diplomatic duties in the wake of ambassador chris steven's death. pope comes out of retirement. he retired in 2000. he served as ambassador to chad and held other senior posts. and hezbollah is claiming responsibility for a drone that was shot down by israel over the weekend. in a televised speech today the leader says his group sent the drone more than 125 miles down the mediterranean deep into israel. he says it was iranian-made. israeli security experts had quickly blamed hezbollah, a shiite militia based in southern lebanon. and diamonds, the astronomer's best friend. well, u.s. and french research team has discovered a planet twice the size of earth made largely of sparkly rock. pretty amazing stuff. it's orbiting a sun-like star in the constellation of cancer. and it's moving so fast that a year there is just 18 hours. it's also really hot. temperatures there can reach 3,900 degrees fahrenheit. and it is time to go buy some stamps because the u.s. postal service
that man, lawrence pope, adrived in tripoli today. he'll take over diplomatic duties in the wake of ambassador chris steven's death. pope comes out of retirement. he retired in 2000. he served as ambassador to chad and held other senior posts. and hezbollah is claiming responsibility for a drone that was shot down by israel over the weekend. in a televised speech today the leader says his group sent the drone more than 125 miles down the mediterranean deep into israel. he says it was...